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μάχιμος

μάχιμος, fit for battle, warlike

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μαχιμώτεραι feminine nominative plural comparative, feminine vocative plural comparative of μάχιμος

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μάχῐμ-ος [ᾰ], η, ον, also ος, ον Hdt. 7.185: (μάχη):—
  • fit for battle, warlike, ἐπειδὴ μ. εἶ since youʼre a fighting man, Ar. Av. 1368; αἱ μάχιμοι μυριάδες Hdt. l.c.; τὸ μ. the effective force, Th. 6.23, X. Cyr. 5.4.46; τὸ τῆς πόλεως μ. Pl. Lg. 830c (but ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μ. = ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 2.165); μ. γένη Pl. Mx. 240a; τὸ μ. γένος Id. Ti. 24a, cf. Arist. Pol. 1268a36; τὸ μ. (sc. ἔθνος) Pl. Criti. 110c; esp. in Egypt, οἱ μ. τῶν Αἰγυπτίων the warrior caste, Hdt. 2.141, cf. 164; so later, of native troops, freq. in Pap., PTeb. 61 (a). 109 (ii B. C.), etc.: Comp. -ώτερος Plb. 2.22.6: Sup. -ώτατος Hdt. 3.102, Ar. Ach. 153, Th. 1.110; τὰ μ. τῶν ἔργων Philostr. Her. 2.19. Adv. -μως Arr. Epict. 2.9.5.
      • 2 = sq., Gloss.
    • II disputable, S.E. M. 8.45.

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